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Five Easy Ways to Use Less Paper
John Platt, February 02, 2010
Are you using too much paper in your job? According to reduce.org, the paperless office is nowhere near reality, and the average office worker uses a shocking 10,000 pages of per ever year. Averaged out to 200 work days, that's 50 sheets of paper every single day!
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Earth Day is April 22nd - And Every Day Until Then
John Platt, March 16, 2010
Earth Day may be a little over a month away, but the Environmental Protection Agency wants you to start thinking about Earth Day today, and they have plenty of ways you can do it.
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Protect an Acre of Rainforest When You Sign Up for eBay's Green Team Challenge
John Platt, March 23, 2010
Spend much time on eBay? Of course you do. Well, what if I told you that you could help the world go just a little bit greener just by doing one extra thing on eBay?
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Answer Three Questions About Your Toilet, Send One Dollar to Habitat for Humanity
John Platt, April 01, 2010
Is your toilet green? Does it use too much water? Am I being too personal?
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What's Your Water Footprint?
John Platt, April 06, 2011
How much water do you use on a daily, weekly or yearly basis? Can you calculate your water footprint to help you conserve water, help the planet, and save a few dollars in the process?
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What's Your Paper Footprint?
John Platt, April 08, 2011
Converting just two bills to paperless billing would save .7 pounds of paper every year, 7 gallons of waste water, and 13 pounds of greenhouse gases.
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Is Your Gaming System An Energy Vampire?
John Platt, April 16, 2010
Did you know that your gaming console can cost you up to $160 a year in energy costs? But that's not always the case. If you by the right system -- and if you use it properly -- you can cut that cost to as low as $3.
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41 Unusually Green Things to do for the 41st Earth Day
John Platt, April 22, 2011
Okay, it's Earth Day (but you probably already knew that). That means it's time to think green, and here are 40 ways (in honor of the 40th Earth Day) to go green that you might not have considered yet.
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Five Energy Vampires in Your Home
John Platt, February 23, 2011
What's an energy vampire? It's a device that uses electricity even when you are not using it. It keeps sucking energy from the wall (not to mention your wallet), and that drain is a pain in the neck for the environment.
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Three Simple Ways to Save Water
John Platt, February 16, 2011
Your water bill may not be very high, but that doesn't necessarily show you the true cost of the water you use.
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National Green Volunteer Day
April 21, 2012
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